ACROGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acrogen mean? 

• ACROGEN (noun)
  The noun ACROGEN has 1 sense:

1. any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem

  Familiarity information: ACROGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("acrogen" is a kind of...):

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

Derivation:

acrogenous (pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem)